Amcrest Smart Doorbell w/ Home Assistant & Two-Way Audio

I finally got my Amcrest AD410 Doorbell fully integrated with Home Assistant! In this video, I demo the integration with three different scenarios that showcase all that the doorbell 's audio and video features. All of these occurs locally on my network with no Internet required. Not only is it not required, but I explicitly block all these devices from the Internet. The three different scenarios are as follows:
- Package Delivered. To trigger this automation, I am using Frigate, an open-source locally hosted object detection software. When a person is detected, the automation brings up a Home Assistant dashboard with the Amcrest doorbell video feed on multiple Android tablets throughout my house
- Pre-Recorded Audio Played on Doorbell. The second scenario demos leveraging the Dahu integration to capture a doorbell button being pressed and trigger a video feed with the doorbell audio unmuted. I've also created 3 different pre-recorded audio messages that can be sent by clicking buttons on Android tablet located throughout my house.
- Two-Way Audio From Android Tablets. The third scenario shows off using 2-way audio using an i-frame card loading the Go2RTC WebRTC website. The 2-way audio implementation is a bit tricky as it requires HomeAssistant and Go2RTC, the addon I’m using to view the doorbell video is real time, to be accessed with secure connections through your browser. This means you need to configured TLS certificates for both accessing HomeAssistant and Go2RTC. The reason or this is the requirement by all modern browsers to require secure connections if the microphone is used on a website.
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Resources:
Github Page with Sample Code: github.com/rog...
Frigate: frigate.video/
go2RTC: github.com/Ale...
- Amcrest AD410 Doorbell: amcrest.com/4m...
- Dahu Integration: github.com/rro...
- Button Card: github.com/cus...
- HTML Card: github.com/Pio...

[@nancyosborne-webb646]

We ended up exchanging this model for the slimmer version kzbin.infoUgkx0jZ_lGlDVJhDnmagEU8gn47cmfPNlLQU because it was too wide for the only door trim area that made sense to mount it on. However, we should have just noted the dimensions prior to purchasing. Otherwise, we love the doorbell. It works perfectly, and the video is very clear, even at night.

[@miketony2069]

Wow this is incredible. Youve got at least 6 different tutorials here. Showing the video in a dashboard and the two way audio and switching dashboards. I'd love ealk throughs on those topics. Awesome video!

[@KeithHill85]

Can you give more info about the curl command needed to hit the API to prevent the device from disabling itself? Where can I find info on how to set that up?

[@aldenmoreton99]

Thank you for this excellent primer on setting up this video doorbell. Local video doorbells seem to be the hot topic for Home Assistant right now and this is the first implementation I have seen that is able to integrate 2 way audio. Would you please explain how you changed the audio codec for this particular camera and which one you used for it to work with WebRTC?

[@rogerstechtalk]

For sure. I just uploaded a new video that goes into more detail. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kH-ceZ13f7xsjsU The exact URL to change the audio codec is located on my Github that is linked in the video description.

[@davidlangley833]

I had never heard of browser_mod before. I was using casting to flash up notifications on a google hub, but this was not possible when using a fire tablet, however I am ecstatic that browser_mod has resolved this issue. Great video

[@rogerstechtalk]

Yeah, Browser_Mod is amazing! I thought about doing the whole cast to Google Hub's but I never got around to it... Then I got rid of all my Google devices and went all offline which opens way more possibilities.

[@sgtogre]

Love the video! I'm looking to get the 2 way audio for the AD410 working through go2rtc. Would you be able to break that down a bit more?

[@rogerstechtalk]

Yes! I just uploaded a video that goes into the setup more step-by-step. If you have any more questions after watching it, just let me know! kzbin.info/www/bejne/kH-ceZ13f7xsjsU

[@BigTerrick]

Thanks for the video! I replaced my Nest doorbell with this AD410 after seeing this video. I don't have anywhere NEAR the automation set up you do, but it's working pretty well. I went with the Dahua integration instead of the Amcrest one, and it's pretty slick. Question for you: At the summary, when you talk about the button not working because of the RTSP feeds, you mention creating two entries, one with the back channel enabled and one with it disabled, and only use the enabled feed when you're doing 2-way communication. How did you disable it? I'm running into this same problem once I set the doorbell up in Frigate. I found another post saying to add #backchannel=0 to the RTSP URL. Is that what you're doing?

[@CODxCAMPERx]

Where do we upload the audio file for the doorbell to grab it?

[@rogerstechtalk]

I just uploaded a video that goes into the setup more step-by-step. I put my audio file in the upload folder, but it can go anywhere in the HA config folder. You can check out the video below. If you have any further questions, just let me know! kzbin.info/www/bejne/kH-ceZ13f7xsjsU

[@BowWowPewPewCQ]

Thanks for this at least now I know it's doable. My first disappointment with the AD410 was not staying local (I'm kind of anal about that) I ended up blocking the IP and it still hammers my DNS about 3 times a second trying to "phone home"! I've been using the Dahua App to configure the doorbell and Blue Iris to monitor with the Dahua integration. I'm also using Blue Iris for smart Identification. The only two-way audio was with the phone app Amcrest viewer (now broken as of today) What a mess. I've got some learning to do with some new directions, but it will be worth it. It's good to know it's proven. Did you do the latest DEC2022 firmware update? I've been reading where it's hosed some APIs

[@jeanpaul-tn7ei]

Good job! What tablet are you using? I can’t get my Samsung Galaxy tab A8 working with go2rtc :-/

[@rogerstechtalk]

It's a Lenovo Smart Tab M10 FHD Plus. They stopped selling it recently. I have been having some issues where the video freezes on tha tablet sporadically, but it's not terrible. Pretty sure it's something with the hardware or Android since it never does it on my desktop or even Raspberry Pi devices. What's your issue with go2rtc specifically?

[@jeanpaul-tn7ei]

Ok! Thanks for the feedback. The video was working fine on my pc but not on my tablet but I just fixed the problem. I was using the main stream instead of the substream of my camera (Reolink Video Doorbell Wifi). I will try the two-ways audio implementation :-)

[@sethkazzim731]

The Reolink doorbell looks like a better option.

[@rogerstechtalk]

How so? Be interesting to try it out, just haven't looked into it at all.

[@sethkazzim731]

@@rogerstechtalk they have publicly stated their intention to continue local support with all of the doorbell functions. I like that as firmware updates can kill it off at anytime.

[@danielducu]

Is the camera onvif T profile?

[@rogerstechtalk]

Yes, the Amcrest doorbell is ONVIF Profile T. That what allows Go2RTC to allow for two-way audio with it.

[@davidcrawford6505]

I'm sending this piece of junk back. Does not work properly, and there is no response from Amcrest support.

[@rogerstechtalk]

What issues are you having?